Hi Mike. You got the correct Ikarus. They did make a lot of buses !. When doublechecking prior to posting, I got the same buses. So switched to Ikarus flying boats and that worked.
Baragouin is absolutely right, it (she?) is an Ikarus IO.
Invitation for the next challenge one should drop on the doormat any moment now!
Hi Wout
Your mystery involved some searching and I'm sure mine will be much easier but I need please the exact name and initials.....
There's a rather interesting story connected with it!
Cheers
BG
Waco Standard Cabin YKC? I'm assuming that this is AX697 (ex SU-AAV) - Little Waco - of the Long Range Desert Group.
Good evening pomme homme and congratulations on your expediency!Originally Posted by pomme homme
As a matter of fact I have a different caption below the pic (this being Waco ZGC-7 RAF AX695) as per affixed web site
http://lrdg.hegewisch.net/lrdgaf.html however I think you deserve the honours and thank you for carrying on (with an interesting new mysterious item) our magnificent thread.....
Cheers
BG
Thank you, Baragouin.
Here's something that I don't think will challenge you excessively. The reason I chose it is that it has connections with the last two offerings, one which is quite obvious and the other which is less so.
Hi Pomme-Homme!
A very interesting picture of the RAF Fairchild A-942 (i.e. Fairchild Model 91 "Baby Clipper"). Only a bunch were built but they had a very adventurous life.....
Cheers
BG
There seems to be some doubt about how many were built - 3,7 or 11 depending on which source you consult. Does anyone have the definitive figure ?
Here is what Goldenyears has on the register:
NC14743 Fairchild F-91/XA-942 9401 NC14743 Pan American AW 24.11.36 To Spanish Republicans as 63-1
NC14744 Fairchild F-91/XA-942A 9402 NC14744 PP-PAP Pan American AW 00.12.36
NC15952 Fairchild A-942-A > A-942-B 9403 NC15952 PP-PAT N942B? Pan American AW 00.01.37
NC16359 Fairchild A-942-B Baby Clipper 9404 NC16359 Ohkura & Co /Japan Sold Japanese Navy
NC16690 Fairchild A-942-B Baby Clipper 9405 NC16690 HK832 Gar Wood To RAF
NC19130 Fairchild A-942-B Baby Clipper 9406 NC19130 Ohkura & Co /Japan
Well done, Baragouin. Exactly right. This one is HK832 of the Heliopolis ASR Flight. Formerly PP-PAP of Panair do Brasil, it sank after hitting an object in the water on take off near Benghazi in 1943. So it's back to you, sir!
Kevin, I think you also have the second one - NR777 - built for Richard Archbold of the New York Museum and terminally damaged in New Guinea ? That would make it seven.
And I'm curious about the connections, Mike ??
Rgr that Mike. I believe only 7 were built. There was a table published in the April 2008 Skyways that seems to confirm that.
"Pan Am ordered six, but the first one was delivered late and Pan Am cancelled their order for four of them. It came out in 1935. Including the prototype, only seven were ever built."
With the Ikarus, a flying boat - the obvious one!
With the Waco, impressment and service in Egypt - the less obvious one, at least to mere mortals looking at the photograph!
Hello boys and girls!
Here we go again!
Now for a very plain machine of the late twenties.....
Cheers!
BG
I would guess (educated) that its a Fiat CR-1.
Keith
Yes Keith that's the one! A cold one for you
Cheers
BG
Thank you BG, another hot day forecast here today, so appreciated!
This one is new to me, but I expect others will know it instantly!
Keith
Its a one off, American, using the number 13 - seen as lucky by its creator & pilot.
Keith
Had a feeling it was USA (the Gentleman looks the part). Nothing has turned up yet though.
Made in Keyport & designed by a Mr Robinson.........some doubt on its real title. In Aerofiles apparently.
Keith
Hugh Robinson and the 1917 Aeromarine R-13?
You have it PH!You might need this to cool you down a little!
Over to you.
Keith
Thank you for that. But fortunately, Keith, today it's not too hot 'oop north' in 79. There's a pleasant breeze blowing in through the western window. But enough of the météo. I'll search for an interesting next challenge and post that later today.
Here we are, gentlemen .....
Ahhh - wasted time looking through my Bernard book, before the penny dropped. It's the Tokyo Gasu Denki K.K. long range monoplane,
Well, I have to throw a curve ball once in a while! Anyhow, lefty, you're spot on - although I know it as the Gasuden Koken-ki, but I suspect that's only a variation on the basic theme - so please take it away.
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